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Tuesday, 14 March 2023

The International Olympic Committee has told the British government to respect the "autonomy of sport".

It's after culture secretary Lucy Frazer wrote to Olympic sponsors asking them to put pressure on the IOC to not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Paris Games.

Last year’s Wimbledon was the only grand slam not to allow players from those countries.

The Olympic organisers say allowing government interference would be the "end of world sport as we know it".